JOURNEY TO MARS: Takes Scientists to the Largest Wind Tunnel in the World to Do This…

When you work for NASA you get to take epic adventures and photos to go along with it.

This parachute testing for NASA’s InSight mission to Mars was conducted inside the world’s largest wind tunnel, at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, in February 2015.

The wind tunnel is 80 feet (24 meters) tall and 120 feet (37 meters) wide. It is part of the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex, operated by the Arnold Engineering Development Center of the U.S. Air Force.